Reviews - Blackwell Grange Hotel

Blackwell Grange Hotel is a beautiful 17th century mansion set in 15 acres of its own wooded parklands of the County Durham countryside. just on the outskirts of Darlington. The historic city of Durham and Middlesbrough are both on the doorstep and Newcastle is just a short drive away. The A1(M) is less than ten minutes from the hotel, with Darlington rail station just a mile away and Teeside International Airport is nearby.

Free car parking and complimentary wi-fi is offered to all guests. The hotel's leisure facilities include a heated indoor pool, spa, solarium and saunas - and Blackwell Grange and Stressholme Golf courses are right on the doorstep. Dine at Havelock Restaurant or in Captain Cooks Bar, which offers stunning views over the grounds and golf course - this really is the ideal place to stay for business or leisure.

There is plenty to do in the area with the breath taking Yorkshire Moors, Beamish Open Air Museum, Shildon Railway Museum, Durham Cathedral and the Hartlepool Historic Quay all within easy reach.

Our room was shabby and certainly not 4 star. It smelt musty. The breakfast was poor quality and badly presented. I have stayed in better premier inns.We had a late room booking and got the impression the shabby rooms were kept for late bookings who paid less.Surely the idea of offering reduced prices is to attract customers who would not normally want to pay the higher price to showcase the hotel so that they would come back. This was certainly not 4 star treatment and would not come back.

I paid for an executive double which was supposed to have views of the gardens, unfortunately are only view was of the carpark. Our en-suite was also in a seperate corridor that connected to another room (the other room didnt have access to this but had a connecting door) this didnt feel very private and was dissapointing when our own door into this corridor didnt shut properly so we had very little privacy.Although i wouldnt say to people 'don't stay there!' as it was clean and the staff were pleasant, I wouldnt reccomend it as i really didnt feel it was worth the money we paid for it.

One night stay at Blackwell Grange
Generally quite a reasonable hotel. I stay at many hotels with my job, and this has the potential of being very good. At the moment the reception and lounge / bar areas are very dated in decor, although overall in pretty good condition. Some updating would be a distinct advantage. Our 'superior' room was large, well appointed and clean. Overall, with a little investment could be a very nice place to stay.I cannot comment on food as we didn't eat in the hotel.

Shame there was a roudy wedding on
The staff were great and very helpful but unfortunately on the night of our stay there was a wedding going on downstairs.The police and ambulance service had to attend during the night so needless to say with an 8 month old baby we didn't get a great nights sleep.No fault of the staff who were very helpful and very apologetic but not a pleasant experience.

blackwell grange hotel
enjoyed the stay, only downside was that there was a wedding in the hotel and we couldn't book a table in the dining room for Saturday night. There was no noise from the wedding party despite it being a large party.

last minute booking
this is the 2nd time we have stayed at Blackwell grange and found this room far superior to the 1st one. The room was wrll presented and comfortable and the staff helpful and cheerful.Will stay there again if we can get the same room.

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